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Published on March 2, 2010 No Comment

Your life is God’s World Cup. More than 100 years before you came to be, He made sure the stadium of your life was finished on time. Your kick-off was long coming as all the days ordained for you were written in His book before one of them came to be.


Published on February 23, 2010 No Comment

A lot of times we wait on money instead of waiting on God. A business owner can fall into the trap of leaning on his debtors’ list, and making great plans based on their word that they are going to pay.


Published on February 16, 2010 No Comment

There was a time Joshua made a deal with some tribe, which pretended to be from a distant land. He signed a contract with them, but did not consult the Lord beforehand.


Published on January 27, 2010 No Comment

There is an adage in business circles that the right time to approach a bank is when you do not need the money.


Published on January 17, 2010 No Comment
Godly solutions; a business manifesto

The credit crunch of November 2008 shook all traditional financial institutions, in which the business world had faith. It is difficult to say which part of our lifestyle was left untouched by the worst crisis since the great depression.


Published on September 25, 2009 No Comment

As tempers of the recent riots that rocked Kampala and its suburbs cool down, the questions of youth unemployment and frustration arise. In his address to parliament after the riots, President Yoweri Museveni suggested three pertinent issues his government would address: youth unemployment, poverty, and corruption.


Published on September 20, 2009 No Comment
Uganda cotton industry back in the doldrums

Cotton was Uganda’s second most important cash crop in 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, after coffee, accounting for up to 25 percent of foreign exchange. But today, the ‘white gold’, as it was then described, accounts for less than 5 percent of the country’s foreign exchange earnings.


Published on August 2, 2009 No Comment
Uganda: The Solar Alternative

In recent months, Uganda has faced sharp increases in the costs of fuel and power. The enormous demand for fuel has resulted in ever-skyrocketing costs of electricity in the country.

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Published on July 19, 2009 One Comment
Rights of passage and their financial implications

In the last couple of weeks, two events shaped my thoughts for this article. Michael Jackson of the Thriller album fame passed on in circumstances that are yet to be fully explained to the satisfaction of the vast majority of his fans.

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Published on July 19, 2009 One Comment
The dawn of fiber optics: Demystifying the myths

‘Bringing fiber to your doorstep’ is a slogan that for the past few months has been screaming in almost all advertising media. In a world where technology is fast changing, Kenya is not one to be left lagging.


Published on July 9, 2009 No Comment

Life is a journey, and money is the vessel, goes the adage. Therefore, where does life lead us to if it is only a journey? What position do you occupy in this vessel?


Published on June 30, 2009 5 Comments
Amid Recession, Pennsylvania’s Only Black–owned Ambulance Company Flourishes

Rags-to-riches stories mostly take a lifetime. But George Maragia is one of the few who has defied this and made it in less than a decade.

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